Hylocurus ( Wood 1982 )

Atkinson, Thomas H., 2024, New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae), Zootaxa 5424 (2), pp. 151-175 : 159

Modification of key to Hylocurus ( Wood 1982)

The following modification of Wood’s (1982) key will allow identification of this species. Underlined text was taken directly from Wood’s key..

23(22) Male declivital face with at least one tubercle below circumdeclivital ring on interstriae 1, 3, 5, 7, and occasionally on others; female frons shallowly concave.........................................................................24’

- Male declivital face with tubercles below circumdeclivital ring only on interstriae 1 and 3; female frons flat to convex.... 26

24’(23) Male declivital face with a single, large, blunt tubercle on interstria 2, its base covering part of interstria 1, similar in height to tubercles on circumdeclivital ring, other interstrial tubercles inconspicuous........................ incognitus Atkinson

- Male declivital face with any tubercles completely within interstrial space, much smaller than those on circumdeclivital ring. .................................................................................................. 24